Fred S. Haines
Fred S. Haines | |
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| Born | Frederick Stanley Haines 29 March 1879 |
| Died | 21 November 1960 |
| Known for | painter |
Frederick Stanley HainesRCA(29 March 1879 inMeaford, Ontario– 21 November 1960 inThornhill, Ontario), more commonly known asFred S. Haines,was a Canadian painter. An accomplished and versatile artist, he is well known for hiswatercolours,oil paintings,gouaches,engravingsandprints.He was a colleague and friend of theGroup of Seven.
Career
[edit]Born in Meaford, he studied at theCentral Ontario School of Art.He continued his art studies in Europe at theAcademie Royale,in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was awarded a gold medal for figure painting.[1]
He was a founding member of theSociety of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engraversin 1916, the president of theOntario Society of Artistsin 1924 (elected a member in 1906),[1]a founding member of theCanadian Society of Painters in Water Colourin 1925, and a full member in 1933 and from 1939 to 1942, the president of theRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts.[2][3]In 1928, Haines was appointed Curator at theArt Gallery of Torontowhere he remained until his appointment as Principal of theOntario College of Artin 1932. He retired from teaching in 1951.[1]After his death in 1960, an exhibition of his work was held at the Art Gallery of Toronto.[1][4]
His work is in the permanent collections of theNational Gallery of Canada[5]and elsewhere.
William E. Coutts, owner of theCoutts Companyand a great supporter of the arts in Canada, commissioned 26 artists, including Haines, to design greeting cards as a means of increasing interest in Canadian art. The cards were produced between 1926 and 1931 as serigraphs and as reproductive prints. He also did prints for Sampson-Matthews.[6]
The Town of Meaford hosted an exhibition from 10 September to 30 September 2010 which honoured his memory on the 50th anniversary of his death.[7]
Signature
[edit]He signed his artworkFred. S. Haines.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^abcdA Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
- ^"Members since 1880".Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived fromthe originalon 26 May 2011.Retrieved11 September2013.
- ^McMann, Evelyn (1981).Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.Toronto: University of Toronto Press.Retrieved2022-11-29.
- ^"Fred Haines: Memorial Exhibition, 1961".worldcat.org.World Catalogue.Retrieved29 November2022.
- ^"Collection".www.gallery.ca.National Gallery of Canada.Retrieved29 November2022.
- ^"Artists".www.sampsonmatthewsprints.com.Sampson-Matthews.Retrieved29 November2022.
- ^"The Frederick S. Haines Commemorative Exhibition".worldcat.org.Meaford Museum, 2010.Retrieved29 November2022.
- ^Frederick Stanley Haines Signature on Find Art Info
External links
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| Artists | |
- 19th-century Canadian painters
- Canadian male painters
- 20th-century Canadian painters
- Canadian modern painters
- Artists from Ontario
- 1879 births
- 1960 deaths
- People from Grey County
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 19th-century Canadian male artists
- 20th-century Canadian male artists
- Academic staff of OCAD University
- Canadian academic administrators
- OCAD University administrators
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni